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Staple items: Why every category has its brand-defining product
Barbour & Levi's & Lacoste & Burberry & Ralph Lauren & Patagonia | 10.05.2026

Staple items: Why every category has its brand-defining product

Many makers, one mental prototype: why Burberry owns trench coats and Levi's owns jeans in the public mind.

Deblandification: How Lacoste and Burberry signal the end of the minimalist consensus
Lacoste & Burberry | 03.05.2026

Deblandification: How Lacoste and Burberry signal the end of the minimalist consensus

After a decade of geometric sans rebrands, Lacoste 2026 and Burberry 2023 mark the return of distinctive identity as the strategic priority.